Catch for pins or ear-rings



(No Model.)

W. G. TEMPLE.

' GATGH FOR PINS OR EAR RINGS. V No. 267,037. Patented Nov. 7, 1882.

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WILBUR G. TEMPLE, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

CATCH FOR PINS OR EAR-RINGS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 267,037, dated November'7', 1882,

Application filed January 26, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, VVILBUR G. TEMPLE, ofBoston, in the county of Suffolk, State of Massachusetts, have inventeda certain new and useful Improvement in Brooches, Ear- Rings, &c.,otwhich the following is a description sufficiently full, clear, and exactto enable any person skilled in the artor science to which my inventionappertains to make and use the san1e,reference being made totheaccoinpanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, inwhich- Figure 1 is perspective view, Fig. 2 a transverse sectional view,and Fig.3 a vertical sectional view, of the catch and pin-tong.

Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the differenttignres of the drawings.

My invention relates to that class of brooches which are provided with aspring or springs for retaining the pin-tong; and it consists in a novelconstruction and arrangement of the parts, as hereinafter fully set for!h and claimed, by which a simpler and more effective device ot'thischaracter is produced than is now in ordinary use.

In the drawings, A represents the body of the pin, B the tongs, U thehinge, and 1) the catch. The catch is composed of two strips or piecesof thin elastic sheet metal, consisting of attachingplates in m andupright spring-jaws at right angles thereto, said jaws being providedwith outwardly-curved lips .00 a at their free outerends, and beingarranged adjacent to each other, as shown.

Midway between the ends a: m and theinner or lower ends of the stripsthere is a socket for receiving and holding the pointof the tong B. Thissocket is formed by curving each of the strips or pieces of which thecatch is composed outwardly, and conforms or corresponds in its shapewith the end of the tong B, as shown at z z, the end of the socketnearest the hinge 0 being largest, and the outer edges, i, of the stripscoming in cont-act to form a guard for the point of the pin-tong, asseen in Fig. 2.

It will be obvious that the catch is equally well adapted for use withear-rings or any article of jewelry having the tong B or a hinged springor hook.

In the use of the improvement to lock or fasten the tong in the catch itis pressed downwardly between the points or ends w 00, forcing themapart, and permitting the point or end of the tong B to enter the socketz in a manner which will be readily understood byall conversant withsuch matters without a more explicit description.

Having thus explained my invention, what I claim is- The combination ofthe body A, the tong or loop B, and a catch composed of two adjacentspring-jaws of thin elastic sheet metal, said jaws being provided withoutwardlycurved lips at their free ends, and with trans verseindentations or grooves extending partially across the same, whichgrooves together form a socket closed. at one end' for receiving the endof the tong, substantially as described.

' WILBUR G. TEMPLE.

Witnesses:

G. A. SHAW, W. H. DIEHL.

